Total Crime Rate

114.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Verbena Drive area has the 27th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Billingham Central , and the 227th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Verbena Drive (TS23 2EY) in the last 12 months was 114.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% lower than the Billingham Central average (141.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Verbena Drive (TS23 2EY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Verbena Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rothbury Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hambleton Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Finchale Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Verbena Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gardenia Way —
Sep 2025Public order Malvern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Berkeley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rothbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dahlia Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Corfe Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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